[1] The series, created by Karin Gist and Wendy Calhoun, is inspired by the 1999 book of the same name by Lawrence Otis Graham.

[2] Set in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, the series follows the rich and powerful Black elites as they come to play and summer as they did for over 5 decades.

However, this summer, Angela Vaughn, a strong-willed single mother, sets out to regain her family's name after it was damaged by rumors and a shocking revelation, while simultaneously attempting to make an impact with her groundbreaking hair care line that accentuates the underlying natural beauty of Black women, but she soon discovers a dark secret about her own mother's history that will turn her world upside down and shake up this community forever.

In September 2017, it was announced that an adaptation of Lawrence Otis Graham's 1999 book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class, pitched by Wendy Calhoun was in development at Fox.

[20] The opening theme for the series, "Our Kind of People," is performed by independent recording artist Tinashe.

The website's critics consensus reads, "Our Kind of People has its share of soapy seductions, but overly familiar plots and a general lack of tension strand an attractive cast in a beautifully empty drama.